paronychia
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of paronychia
1590–1600; < Latin parōnychia < Greek parōnychía whitlow, equivalent to par- par- + onych- (stem of ónyx ) claw, nail + -ia -ia
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He was diagnosed with a severe case of paronychia, or the infection of the skin around the nail, and was told he required emergency surgery to remove the affected flesh.
From Fox News ● Jan. 30, 2020
The perionychium is the site of hangnails, ingrown nails, and an infection of the skin called paronychia.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Long-term, habitual nail nibblers can also suffer from a type of infection called paronychia, Scher says.
From Time ● Jul. 2, 2014
Hence light is as intolerable in this kind of ophthalmia, as pressure is to the finger in the paronychia.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
And hence the violent pain in some inflammations, as in the paronychia, obtains immediate relief by cutting the membrane, that was stretched by the tumour of the subjacent parts.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
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